The positive effect of earthworms on soil processes and plant growth has been extensively
documented. The capacity of earthworms to decompose organic matter has been attributed …

Soil microorganisms play important roles in nitrogen cycling within forest ecosystems.
Current research has revealed that a wider variety of microorganisms, with unexpected …

Soil organic carbon (SOC) is a valuable resource for mediating global climate change and
securing food production. Despite an alarming rate of global plant diversity loss …

Tree planting has been suggested as a potentially effective solution for mitigating climate
change. China has implemented the world's largest afforestation and reforestation project …

Single planting structure has a significant impact on the maintenance of nitrogen in
managed ecosystems. Although the effect of crop diversity on soil nitrogen-cycling microbes …

Soil microbial communities are responsive to abiotic and biotic conditions within the
heterogeneous soil environment. In montane plant communities, vegetation can create …

Aims Corymbia spp.(previously included in the genus Eucalyptus) are common species in
sub/tropical Australia and produce high quality timber and round logs. Thinning of native …

Aims Elucidating the mechanisms of understory vegetation response to forest management
practices is critical to the impact of soil nutrient cycling. However, as common management …

Intercropping systems improve the soil nutrient cycle through microbial community activity
and then land productivity. However, their interactions mechanism underlying that the mixed …

In the last years, the diffusion and implementation of next-generation sequencing and the
reduction of costs raised the interest in phytyobiome studies allowing to dissect the …